hello from greenwich park in london. now, while we all keep dreaming of the travel we will be doing when things get back to normal, today we are taking a look back at some of our best trips to south asia. over the years, we have had plenty of adventures there and for me, personally, one of the highlights was a trip to the beautiful country of sri lanka in 2020. on the streets of its bustling capital city colombo, the tuk tuk is king of the road. and with its numbers have jumped eightfold in 15 years, i went there to see what impact it is having on the city and how tourists are now jumping in the driving seat too. so there is actually over a million tuk tuks here in sri lanka and it definitely shows, because these things are everywhere. chuckles. that s a pretty high number for a country ofjust over 20 million people. the prospect of good money has prompted many young people and it is notjust the pros driving a rented tuk tuk is increasingly popular with tourists too. argh!
offers a $500,000 reward to get her two french bulldogs back after a gunman shoots her dog walker and steals the animals. joe biden has held his first phone conversation with king salman of saudi arabia since taking office in january. saudi arabia has long been a vital us ally in the middle east, but the us president vowed to reset relations with the gulf nation with an emphasis on human rights and the rule of law. the conversation comes ahead of ahead of the public release of a much anticipated declassified us intelligence report about the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in istanbul, in 2018. the report is expected to say the murder was likely ordered by the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. earlier, i spoke to joseph westphal, who was the united states ambassador to saudi arabia under president barack 0bama. he told me what he expects the approach of the biden administration towards the kingdom will be. i think the president has a very, very experienced fo
making the uk s programme among the most successful in the world. but there is a glaring weakness in the distribution, because of the difficulty in reaching some of the most vulnerable people in deprived communities and among some ethnic minorities. 0ur health editor hugh pym has been to east london, where some boroughs have the lowest take up rate in the uk. a vaccination hub in the east london borough of newham. the area has one of the lowest proportions of its population in england for take up of the vaccine. so, how s it going today? 0ne local gp, dr farzana hussain, with local colleagues, is heading a drive to get to those in priority groups who haven t had the jab, including personal phone calls to patients. newham s population is more than 70% bame, over 200 languages spoken. and dr hussain explains the challenges getting the message across. the fact that we have got many, many communities, it is making the issue a bit more complex. i think people have a few more quest
also very wet for a time, especially parts of scotland and northern ireland where it is so wet. it will be drier later. a weather system is moving in. that is your forecast. hello this is bbc news with me, ben brown. the headlines: borisjohnson is due to hold a final meeting with senior ministers and scientific advisers about how to ease england s lockdown ahead of tomorrow s announcement of a roadmap out of restrictions. there s a new pledge that every adult in the uk will be offered their first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly, a month ahead of schedule. thousands of protesters have returned to the streets in myanmar, a day after security forces fired at a crowd, killing two people in the city of mandalay. a passengerjet engine has burst into flames above the us state of colorado. debris fell onto homes below but the plane landed safely. now, on bbc news, the travel show. lucy hedges takes a look back at some of the show s bestjourneys to south asia, including
and will be through the evening and night. particularly northern england, wales, the west midlands and south west england. east anglia and the south east, dry. it will be a mild night in england and wales, but the coldest parts of scotland and northern ireland under clear skies seeing a touch of frost. bar the odd shower here tomorrow, it ll be another fine day. brightening up for parts of northern england, wales and the south west as the weather front edges back towards east anglia and south east england tomorrow. increasingly light and patchy rain. for all, it s another mild day. a little bit cooler in england and wales overnight and into tuesday. on tuesday, then, we start to bring in this waving weather front with the rain. a bit of snow preceding that into the hills of scotland. wet for northern ireland, scotland. some outbreaks of rain into wales, western parts of england. the winds picking up as well. strong to gale force winds with gusts 50 60 mph with that rain towar